English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Downside

Other OS name in the Parish of Cobham

Historical Forms

  • Doune juxta Coveham 1288 Ass
  • Doune in Coveham 1298 FF
  • le Downesyde 1548 LRMB
  • Dune 1207 FF
  • Dunes 1202 FF

Etymology

is Doune juxta Coveham 1288Ass ,Doune in Coveham 1298 FF, le Downesyde 1548LRMB , and wasthe home of Deodonatus de Dune (1207 FF), called Deodatusde Dunes in 1202 (FF) .